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Emotion

Presents a theory of the emotions which draws on the work of psychologists and physiologists. The author first surveys other principal theories, then describes his own "causal-evaluative" account. His theory illuminates the motivating role of emotions in our lives and our attitudes towards them.Read more...

Acknowlegemnets; Three classical theories of emotion: the feeling, behaviourist and psychoanalytic theories; a fourth classical theorey: the cognitive theory; the casual-evaluative theory of emotions; the cognitive and evaluative aspects of emotion; the appetitive aspects of emotions; the objects of emotions; physiological changes and emotions; emotions and feelings; emotions statements; emotions and motives; emotions and purpose; blaming the emotions; looking back: a summary; bibliography; index.